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22 Food Tuesday May 31 2016 Good honest food the secret at Otahuna IN THE GARDEN: Most of the ingredients Jimmy McIntyre uses in his dishes are grown on the Otahuna Lodge grounds. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN • By Gabrielle Stuart THERE AREN’T many chefs who would invite their guests right into their kitchen while they work. But for Jimmy McIntyre, sharing the secrets behind his food is part of what he loves. His food is immaculately presented, like art on a plate, using skills he learned over almost 40 years cooking across New Zealand, Asia and Europe. But it was still good, honest food, he said. “Everything on the plate has to be edible, no prissy garnishes or anything like that. And the secret to good honest food was in the details, he said - from the herbs growing in the gardens right outside the kitchen, the bread freshly made in the mornings, or the hams they cured for more than a year to get the flavours right. Sharing that with his guests might mean inviting them along to select mushrooms for dinner that night, or into the kitchen for a private lesson on how it was prepared. “It can be pretty frenetic, so you’ve got to be organised, but generally we get good at it. And because the menu changes every day it’s like cooking out of a big magic box.” His first role in the kitchen was at about 11 years old, when he worked for his stepfather in the holidays washing dishes to earn pocket money. He said kitchens in those days were very different places. Fine food almost exclusively meant French food. He spent his early years working for chefs at hotels and restaurants around Auckland. In his 30s, he spent several years working around the world, travelling Asia and then working on a riverboat in Germany and Portugal. “I saw something quite amazing I had never actually realised before, and that was just good, honest, basic, peasant food, and how wonderful it could be. Watching a woman make naan bread in the sand over an open fire in the middle of nowhere in India, that sort of thing,” he said. He returned to New Zealand to take a job at Christchurch restaurant Phloyds, which he said was awarded Restaurant of the Year after four months. He went on to work at several restaurants, including Espresso 124, which was where he met his wife, Philippa, who is also a chef. They met when they were both guest chefs at the Sign of the Takehe, but he didn’t think anything of it at the time, he said. SELWYN TIMES “But she tracked me down at work a few months later and came into lunch at work with some friends. She rang me up just before service and said would you like to get a drink after work and I said yeah, sure. And we’ve been together ever since.” He said juggling schedules was a challenge around their three young children, as she started work at 5.30am and he often worked late. “It’s tough when you’re never home half the time, but she’s my rock and she understands what it’s like.” He took on the role at Otahuna 13 years ago, and was there throughout the earthquakes, when it had to be closed twice for repairs. But although many chefs around the city lost their jobs, he said the owners of the lodge made the decision to keep all the staff on. Over the four months the lodge was closed for repairs, the team kept busy feeding the army of tradespeople at work on the place, he said. “There were truck drivers and blocklayers and painters. All the subbies were competing to get out here and do the job, because they got a really beautiful cooked lunch every day.” THE HOME OF GOOD BAKING PREMIUM BREAD White, wholemeal, grain & honey. 3 FOR $ 5 00 SLICES The choice of 3 great slices: Tan, Rocky Road and Citrus Slice. ANY 2 FOR $ 6 98 FAMILY PACK BISCUITS Afghan, Apricot Yoghurt, Choc Anzac. ONLY $ 5 49 EA FROZEN MINCE OR POTATO TOP SAVOURIES 12pk ONLY $ 5 99 MILK Dairy Dale 2L varieties. $ 5 98 2 FOR or $3.19 each DINNER ROLLS 6pk $ 1 49 Promotional pricing available while stocks last from 30/05/16 to 05/06/16. Images are serving suggestions only. Open 7 days | 8 Convenient local locations Hornby • Barrington • Ferry Rd • Papanui • Riccarton • Upper Riccarton • New Brighton • Rangiora BAKERIES www.couplands.co.nz
SELWYN TIMES Tuesday May 31 2016 23 SPORTS Waihora into semis WAIHORA IS into the semifinals of the combined country rugby competiton after beating Burnham/Dunsandel/Irwell 19- 17 on Saturday. In other matches Southbridge beat Ashley 23-10, Glenmark 25 Celtic 21, Rakaia 20 Lincoln 14. Other results – Luisetti Seeds division 1 – Trophy: Darfield 24 Kaiapoi 17, Saracens 19 Oxford 12. LAST WEEK Ellesmere Golf Club held a watering tournament, with a good amount of players involved in the game. Men: 0 – 17 grade: Rick Nicholls 1: Brian Smith 2; Dave Neil ocb, 3; Ray Anderson 4; Mike Steed 5; Kevin Gwatkin 6; Bruce McMillan 7; Noel Lowery 8; Jamie Laurenson 9. Men 18 – 36 grade: Eun Hee Kim 1; Robin Dunn 2; Wayne Gruebner 3; lance Innes 4; Charles Hall 5; G Meaclern 6; Brian Everest 7; Roger Boon 8. Nearest the pin: hole 2 Rick Nicholls; hole 9 M Formosa; hole 14 Brian Osborne. Twos: Hole 2 Alan Haycock and Nigel Chamberlain and Mike Steed, Hole 9 Bob Neil, Hole 14 Mike Steed, Richard Luisetti Seeds division 1 plate – Southern 29 West Melton 12, Ohoka 27 Hampstead 15. Luisetti Seeds division 1 – Plaque: Methven 19 Prebbleton 8, Rolleston 14 Hornby 38. Ellesmere division 2 – Darfield 24 Rolleston 23, Lincoln 25 Kirwee 16, Southbridge 33 Hornby 0, Burn/Duns/Irwell 7 Springston 49, Diamond Harbour 3 Banks Peninsula 20. Ellesmere golf tourney Taiaroa and Rick Nicholls On Saturday the club played a stroke competition and, in spite of the cold and wet weather, a good field attend. Men division 1: Darryl Joyce nett 68 ocb, 1; Bruce Bampton nett 68, 2; Gary McGill nett 72, 3. Men division 2: Geoff Wylie nett 68, 1; Alan Miller nett 71, 2; Ken Hearn Nett 72, 3. Twos: Hole 9 Barry Harkerss and Graeme Barr; hole 11 Stu Chamberlain. Nearest the pin: Hole 2 John Templeton; hole 11 George Murphy. Nett eagles: Hole 8 Max Ferris. Ladies: Heather Templeton nett 76, 1; Jane Pangborn nett 78, 2. AVOIDING A TACKLE: Burnham/Dunsandel/Irwell player Alex Ferguson avoids the Waihora players. PUSHING THROUGH: Burnham/Dunsandel/Irwell player Trent Davis fends off Waihora’s Nic Rhodes. READY TO PASS: Waihora player Ben Jamieson runs with the ball and looks for options to pass to. LOOKING FOR OPTIONS: Waihora player Richard Mills looks to off-load. NATIONAL STREET APPEAL FRIDAY 10TH JUNE H ORNBY WORKINGMEN’S CLUB «WHAT'S ON« WESTVIEW LOUNGE FRIDAY 3 June, 7PM JO'S KARAOKE SATURDAY 4 June, 4.30PM AL PARK 8PM ROCKABELLA «COMING UP« SATURDAY JUNE 24, 7.30PM ANTHONY'S ROCKBOX FEATURING ANTHONY EASTERBROOK-CARTER WITH BACKPACK TICKETS $20 SATURDAY JULY 2, 7.30PM 2016 S.I. TOUR FEATURING TRANZITION SHOW BAND AND SPECIAL GUEST YULIA TICKETS $25 Hornby WMC | ph 03 349 9026 | 17 Carmen Road | Hornby www.hornbyworkingmensclub.co.nz | Members, guests & affiliates welcome
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